Title The Autobiography of an Old Passport: Chiefly Relating How We Accomplished Many Driving Tours With Our Own English Horses, Over the Roads of Western Europe, Before the Time of Railways

Binding Hard Cover

Book Condition Very Good

Jacket Condition No Jacket

Edition First Edition

Size 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Publisher London Digby, Long & Co. 1893

Seller ID R15235

xix + 586pp + 1pp adverts at rear, index, 16 full page illustrations. Blue boards, gilt horn to front board, gilt titling to spine, edge rubbing to spine head/tail, corners, light ageing only to contents, a VG clean tight copy. A chronicle of a whole series of pan-European tours between 1839 and 1861, with other 'sundry health trips' between 1863 and 1878 described in less detail. A fascination 19th century view of travelling in Europe. Very heavy, packed weight approx 2kg, postage at cost to non-UK address.